Earth Music Theater
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2025-02-25

Alone in the Stars

Stars, Aurora

Ness · Stars

Alone in the Stars — cover
Seraphim Seraphim Chorus

This haunting music, from a world-premiere performance by Seraphim, transports us from a hill on the ground to the stars above.


With lyrics by Sara Teasdale and original composition by Patricia Van Ness, the music envelopes in the majesty of the universe. This was the world-premiere performance, masterfully by Seraphim.

The aurora at the beginning and end were photographed on ISS 72 by Matthew Dominick – a master photographer. Astronauts on ISS 41 photographed the rotating sky in the middle of this piece.

Astronauts Matthew Dominick
Earth 2015-09-09
Running time 3:36
Movie maker Dan Barstow
Movie ID m27
Collections Season One · 27

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